A team of engineers from Washington University in St. Louis has combined nanoparticles, aerosol science and locusts in new proof-of-concept research that could someday vastly improve drug delivery to the brain, making it as simple as a sniff.

Kimberly Parker's paper "Halogen Radicals Promote the Photodegradation of Microcystins in Estuarine Systems" was named one of Environmental Science & Technology's Best Papers of 2016 (Top Paper, Environmental Science). She will join the faculty as an assistant professor on Jan. 1, 2018.